Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) speaks during a hearing with the heads of the FBI, Homeland Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center, in Washington on Nov. 15, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) defeated challengers Evan Turnage and Pertis Williams III in the March 10 Democratic primary election to run for Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District.
The 78-year-old congressman is a longtime civil rights leader who chaired the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach. He currently serves as the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee and has represented the district in Congress for more than three decades.
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